Saudi Arabia has been holding two Arab journalists for several months, global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Monday, amid ongoing international scrutiny of the kingdom's human ...

The European Union has launched a coordinated fight against fake news ahead of this month's European Parliament elections, but officials acknowledge there are limits to what can be achieved against a danger barely recognised a few years ago.

(May 13): After the Arab revolutions of 2011, multilateral institutions in the Middle East and North Africa began to show greater interest in the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises as a m...

KUALA LUMPUR: Claims that Islam and Malays in the country face a bleak future under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is tactic of the opposition to save themselves from their misdeeds, said Prime M...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said criticisms against the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government for not doing enough to protect the interests of the Malays and Islam are lit...

PUTRAJAYA, May 6 — It is difficult for flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) to find its foothold in a market dominated by low-cost carriers on one end and the luxury offered by carriers based in...

SHARJAH: Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates is officially the World Book Capital of 2019, the first city in the Gulf region to be bestowed the title by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in office, a last-minute pre-election promise likel...

PETALING JAYA: Studies by market research outfit Kajidata Research show that while Muslims in the country support Islam as a major part of governance, they are open to accommodation with non-Muslims a...

Foreign militants are sneaking into the country, biding their time by marrying local women or conducting businesses while they wait to strike. But they may just be copying two Indonesians who had sought refuge in Malaysia, only to be found to be members of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group. This comes even as the latest deportation of Egyptians by police raised concerns of human rights abuse.

KLUANG: Five women believed to be of Arab descent are being sought by the police as they have been suspected to be involved in a theft at a gold shop in Jalan Dato ‘Tan Seng Leong, here, three days ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — It is pointless to be in a position of power if you lied your way to get there, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said today amid the recent uproar over the questionable degrees and...

Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Yemen, where his host the United Arab Emirat...

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Malaysia and Qatar are exploring the possibility of collaboration on Malaysia’s third national car project, said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). This ...

JERUSALEM: Israel on Thursday (Jan 17) accused Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of "rabid anti-Semitism" after he said his country would not host any more sports events involving competitors...

Israeli television said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan would propose a Palestinian state on as much as 90 percent of the occupied West Bank, with a capital in E...

NEW DELHI: PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has praised Malaysia’s peaceful transition of power following the May 9 polls last year, but says it is not easy managing a coalition of vastly different indiv...

MUDURNU, TURKEY (Jan 9): Deep in a provincial region of northwestern Turkey, it looks like a mirage -- hundreds of luxury houses built in neat rows, their pointed towers somewhere between French chate...

PETALING JAYA: Israel’s Paralympics swimming team has been barred from entering the country to participate in the World Para Swimming Championships in July, an event which will impact the formulatio...

Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified by text message if they are divorced under a new law designed to protect them from having their marriage ended without their knowledge, the government said on Su...